Bloody Birthday (1981)
In 1970 3 children are born during a solar eclipse. As a character explains later this meant that the Sun was blocking Saturn which is responsible for the emotions, and that's why all three kids become murderous little fuckers. This is bad for their friends, and families, but great for us.
Someone is killing local teenagers while they make out in open graves. Who could it be? For some reason the sheriff thinks it's a good idea to ask a class of ten year olds. It wasn't a bad idea either, because all three killers were in the class. Don't think that this means the sheriff is hot on their trail though, he doesn't have a clue, and soon gets his head bashed in with a baseball bat. The older sister of one of the classmates of the kids thinks something is fishy is going on, but of course no one will listen to her, and soon she's a target as well.
This is a good, creepy slasher. The kids are all good actors, and carry out their murders with a childlike good humour. This is one of the best things about the movie. The kids aren't presented as "Evil Incarnate", they seem to think killing people is a pretty good joke. The result is unsettling. Also great is the dreary low budget look of the film. It's like the degrassi kids turned psycho.
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